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AJC condemns anti- Christian rhetoric; visits Gulf States

December 22, 2015

By Kenneth Bandler WASHINGTON — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) strongly condemns Lehava leader Bentzi Gopstein for his incendiary words threatening Christians in Israel, and urges Israeli authorities to take appropriate actions against him. “The boundless hatred that infuses Gopstein and Lehava is a chilul haShem, a desecration of Judaism, contrary to the founding values […]

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Middle East, USA

Meet the man behind ‘Mensch on a Bench’

December 19, 2015

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — For a creative and innovative Jewish man from the Boston area, Hannukah was always a great holiday — but with just one thing missing. That thing turned out to be “The Mensch on a Bench” and he created it. Meet Neal Hoffman, the 30-something interfaith dreamer with a

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Jewish Religion, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

U.S. should support vision of Argentina’s new president

December 18, 2015

By Jack Rosen NEW YORK — The election of Mauricio Macri as Argentina’s new president is a promising development, not just for his long-suffering nation, but for the prospects that Latin America can move successfully into a post-Chavez period of reintegration with the West. As Argentina works to reinvigorate its economy, abandon a provocative and

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International, USA

AJC Report: U.S. security clearances; Iran

December 18, 2015

By Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is calling on the U.S. Government to end the practice in the armed forces of denying security clearances for Jews who have family in Israel. The disturbing practice was brought to light again in a Wall Street Journal column this week. The practice is

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International, Middle East, USA

Disclosing your identity in the work place

December 16, 2015

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Most people want to fit in, to belong, to be part of a group, to be “one of the gang,” to share not only in the work but in the play, in the joking, the beer after a long day, the weekend golf or tennis games, the

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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and Food, USA

Money Maven: Act now to lower your taxes

December 15, 2015

By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — We have two weeks before the end of the year. Is there anything you can do now to lower your 2015 tax bill? The answer is YES! Here are five tips: Make charitable contributions. There are several ways to give: donating household items or cars, giving money or transferring appreciated

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Sheryl Rowling, USA

Orthodox cop is everyone’s hero

December 15, 2015

By Beth Sarafraz BROOKLYN, New York — Meet Albert Mammon. You may already be familiar with his name because some of his good deeds were reported on TV, in newspapers, and on social media – where the stories went viral and comments under them numbered in the stratosphere. The fact that Mammon is unique —

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Jewish Religion, USA

Jan Karski’s Holocaust reports went unheeded

December 15, 2015

By Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — On May 29, 2012, U.S. President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, posthumously to Jan Karski with these words “As a young officer in the Polish Underground, Jan Karski was among the first to relay accounts of the Holocaust to the

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International, Jewish History, USA

Obama’s perplexing responses to mass shootings

December 14, 2015

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Since the days of antiquity, shepherds often served as the leaders of a nation. When the prophet Nathan confronted King David for his illicit affair with Bathsheba, he gently reminded him that the role of a leader is to act pastorally toward the flock that God

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International, Middle East, USA

CBI Men’s Club schedules political discussion

December 13, 2015

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego features Al Korobkin as its guest speaker at the January 20 Dinner Forum. Al’s presentation will focus on the 2016 presidential election, the Democratic and Republican candidates running for the nomination of their parties, and characteristics of the various state primaries and

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San Diego Calendar, USA

Only Russia seems willing to lead outside its borders

December 12, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Imagine Donald Trump as the leader of the free world. It may be something we have to get used to. Coming after eight years of Barack Obama, who came after George W. Bush, who came after Bill Clinton, one can wonder what made America great. A population of 320 million

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Kerry is wrong about a one-state solution

December 8, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — John Kerry is seeking to top up his several efforts to deal with the Middle East by joining the Israeli and international left in warning that Israel will have to accommodate itself to a single country, with a Palestinian majority, if it doesn’t make peace with a Palestinian state. As

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

American Jewish Report: December 8, 2015

December 8, 2015

Rep Davis: No guns for FBI suspects on Terrorist Watchlist WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (D-San Diego) took action to force a vote on commonsense, life-saving legislation to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists. Rep. Davis signed a discharge petition to bring the bipartisan Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act

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International, USA

Appeasing radical Islamism leads to more terror

December 7, 2015

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Efforts to appease radical Islamists prompt the kind of massacres recently seen in Paris and in San Bernardino, Wall Street Journal columnist Brett Stephens told a first-night Chanukah dinner sponsored by StandWithUs at the Torrey Pines Hilton on Dec. 6. First discussing Paris, Stephens said: “Before there was last

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Middle East, USA

AJC condemns anti- Christian rhetoric; visits Gulf States

Meet the man behind ‘Mensch on a Bench’

U.S. should support vision of Argentina’s new president

AJC Report: U.S. security clearances; Iran

Disclosing your identity in the work place

Money Maven: Act now to lower your taxes

Orthodox cop is everyone’s hero

Jan Karski’s Holocaust reports went unheeded

Obama’s perplexing responses to mass shootings

CBI Men’s Club schedules political discussion

Only Russia seems willing to lead outside its borders

Kerry is wrong about a one-state solution

American Jewish Report: December 8, 2015

Appeasing radical Islamism leads to more terror

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